diff --git a/api/config.py b/api/config.py
index 290c9c7b79..e14e8abfe8 100644
--- a/api/config.py
+++ b/api/config.py
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class Config:
         # qdrant settings
         self.QDRANT_URL = get_env('QDRANT_URL')
         self.QDRANT_API_KEY = get_env('QDRANT_API_KEY')
+        self.QDRANT_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = get_env('QDRANT_CLIENT_TIMEOUT')
 
         # milvus / zilliz setting
         self.MILVUS_HOST = get_env('MILVUS_HOST')
diff --git a/api/core/index/vector_index/qdrant_vector_index.py b/api/core/index/vector_index/qdrant_vector_index.py
index fdb0b49bb1..e797134036 100644
--- a/api/core/index/vector_index/qdrant_vector_index.py
+++ b/api/core/index/vector_index/qdrant_vector_index.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from models.dataset import Dataset, DatasetCollectionBinding
 class QdrantConfig(BaseModel):
     endpoint: str
     api_key: Optional[str]
+    timeout: float = 20
     root_path: Optional[str]
 
     def to_qdrant_params(self):
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class QdrantConfig(BaseModel):
             return {
                 'url': self.endpoint,
                 'api_key': self.api_key,
+                'timeout': self.timeout
             }
 
 
diff --git a/api/core/index/vector_index/vector_index.py b/api/core/index/vector_index/vector_index.py
index 614f23a291..fe93fad110 100644
--- a/api/core/index/vector_index/vector_index.py
+++ b/api/core/index/vector_index/vector_index.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class VectorIndex:
                 config=QdrantConfig(
                     endpoint=config.get('QDRANT_URL'),
                     api_key=config.get('QDRANT_API_KEY'),
-                    root_path=current_app.root_path
+                    root_path=current_app.root_path,
+                    timeout=config.get('QDRANT_CLIENT_TIMEOUT')
                 ),
                 embeddings=embeddings
             )